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In 1960 a great many boats were built with no drawings at all. The builder carved a model of one side of the hull, took the shape off…
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In 1960 there were ships whose entire purpose was to stay in one place - moored on a single enormous anchor over a sandbank or a shoal where…
On each end of a box of kitchen foil, cling film or greaseproof paper there is a small perforated oval or rectangle, printed with an instruction that nobody reads.
Push…
A new garment frequently arrives with a small packet containing a spare button, a length of thread, and sometimes a square of the fabric it is made from.
The button…
The flat metal arm that swings out of the top of a pair of nail clippers does two jobs, and most people only ever use one of them.
It is…
There is a hole in the end of almost every frying pan handle, and the obvious explanation is hanging it up.
That is one of its functions and it is…